THE CATHOLIC church in Ireland is set to make it easier than ever for people to donate to an institution that covered up and facilitated the abuse of children, with the introduction of contactless ‘tap’ card payments for church collection plates. Parishioners had been wondering when the Church would enter the 21st century purely in… Read more »
AN EXASPERATED High Court judge has today struck out several ongoing defamation cases brought on by Cork businessman Denis O’Brien, stating that the Maltese resident actually needs a good name first in order to protect it, pointing to the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal and his serial litigation cases as to the basis of his… Read more »
THE votes are in; the new female hire at a Waterford office has been found to be ‘zero craic’ by her male co-workers, who have found her to be a poor replacement for the girl who just left, who you could at least talk to. The naturally shy Carrie Whelan was brought round and introduced to her… Read more »
AMAZON founder and world’s richest person Jeff Bezos has been dealt a blow in his divorce proceedings with his wife of 25 years, WWN can reveal. Initially touted as an amicable split between two people who will go their separate ways but remains friends, it now looks certain Jeff will have to hand over some… Read more »
BUDGET airline Ryanair is finally launching a range of sedation kits to subdue younger passengers during flights in a bid to eradicate unwanted screaming, horseplay and general disruption during flights. Welcomed by just about everybody who travels with the airline, the fast-acting kits will come at a cost of €100 euro for two hour doses and €149:99 for… Read more »
A LANDMARK day for Ireland Inc after the government proudly welcomed the news that the entirety of our the Nation’s capital city, Dublin, will be nothing but Facebook offices and staff by 2022, WWN Business can report. The tech giant has confirmed its intention to hire 5,000 more staff and move its Dublin operations to… Read more »
THE entire county and population of Wexford has been voted the planet’s sexiest town and people in a poll published this morning, WWN can confirm. People of Wexford stole a large majority of the votes from some of the world’s biggest contenders, including Summer Bay in Australia, Love Island in Spain somewhere and loads of… Read more »
WE’VE all been there. Suffered immeasurable heartache. The moments seared into our brains forever, the pain of it all echoing and reverberating around the chambers of the heart until the day we die. No entity knows this pain like Irish banks – 10 years ago the banks were heartlessly cast aside by an Irish public… Read more »
Granny Smith, the famed Apple magnate whose fortune is valued at €193 billion has died at the age of 91. Georgia Smith was of course more affectionately known as Granny Smith by the rivals she ruthlessly wiped out in the incredibly bloody ‘Apple Wars’ feud of the 1950s. Her resulting victory in the conflict carved… Read more »
